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The home school source book / Jean and Donn Reed.

By: Reed, Jean, 1943-.
Contributor(s): Reed, Donn.
Publisher: Bridgewater, Me. : Brook Farm Books, c2000Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 480 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0919761283.Other title: Homeschool sourcebook.Subject(s): Home schooling -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Teaching -- Aids and devices -- Canada -- Catalogs | Teaching -- Aids and devices -- United States -- Catalogs
Contents:
Why We Teach at Home -- Why the Movement Has Grown -- "We Would Better Wait and See" -- Permission to Teach at Home -- Homeschooling and Education -- Homeschooling and "Cultural Literacy" -- Structure -- Obedience Training vs. "Invited Learning" -- Discipline -- Kidding Around -- Reading, Writing, and Spelling -- Pesky Pronouns -- History and Biography -- Religion in History -- A World of Fun -- More Expensive by the Dozen -- Mathematics -- Why We Closed One of Our Bank Accounts -- Censorship and Conspiracies -- Please, Don't Color My World -- Philosophy and Religion -- Computers -- Television -- High School -- Adolescent Problems and Transitions -- To College or Not -- Testing -- Our Way -- Mission Impossible -- Reflections -- Tribute to Donn -- I Met Her on the Bus -- That Bus Ride -- Catalog and Directory -- Support Groups, Organizations, and Correspondence Schools -- Homeschooling and Education -- Special Education -- Living With Chronic and Terminal Illness -- Reference Books for the Whole Family -- Free and Almost-Free Learning Aids -- Useful Catalogs -- Useful and Interesting Magazines -- Resources for the Early Years -- Learning the English Language -- Literature -- History and Biography -- Geography -- Mathematics -- Business and Economics -- Science -- Ecology -- Current Events -- Politics and Government -- Multicultural Resources -- Global Awareness -- Philosophy and Religion -- Arts and Activities--Holidays and Gifts -- Music -- Languages -- Computers -- Television -- High School -- College and Alternatives -- Birthing, Babies, and Parenting -- Family Living--Simple Living.
Summary: Contains everything needed to create a successful school at home and provides information on where to get the best materials available.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection LC 40 .R44 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 632927

"This book incorporates material previously published in somewhat different form in The first home-school catalogue (1982, 1986); "efficient instruction elsewhere" (1984), The home-school challenge (1985); The Home school source book, (first edition, 1991; second edition, rev., 1994); The homeschooling book of answers, by Linda Dobson; Homeschooling: an open house, by Nancy Lande; and Home education magazine, Harrowsmith, Nurturing, The new nativity, and other periodicals"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why We Teach at Home -- Why the Movement Has Grown -- "We Would Better Wait and See" -- Permission to Teach at Home -- Homeschooling and Education -- Homeschooling and "Cultural Literacy" -- Structure -- Obedience Training vs. "Invited Learning" -- Discipline -- Kidding Around -- Reading, Writing, and Spelling -- Pesky Pronouns -- History and Biography -- Religion in History -- A World of Fun -- More Expensive by the Dozen -- Mathematics -- Why We Closed One of Our Bank Accounts -- Censorship and Conspiracies -- Please, Don't Color My World -- Philosophy and Religion -- Computers -- Television -- High School -- Adolescent Problems and Transitions -- To College or Not -- Testing -- Our Way -- Mission Impossible -- Reflections -- Tribute to Donn -- I Met Her on the Bus -- That Bus Ride -- Catalog and Directory -- Support Groups, Organizations, and Correspondence Schools -- Homeschooling and Education -- Special Education -- Living With Chronic and Terminal Illness -- Reference Books for the Whole Family -- Free and Almost-Free Learning Aids -- Useful Catalogs -- Useful and Interesting Magazines -- Resources for the Early Years -- Learning the English Language -- Literature -- History and Biography -- Geography -- Mathematics -- Business and Economics -- Science -- Ecology -- Current Events -- Politics and Government -- Multicultural Resources -- Global Awareness -- Philosophy and Religion -- Arts and Activities--Holidays and Gifts -- Music -- Languages -- Computers -- Television -- High School -- College and Alternatives -- Birthing, Babies, and Parenting -- Family Living--Simple Living.

Contains everything needed to create a successful school at home and provides information on where to get the best materials available.

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